Opera Colorado is performing the Italian opera, Il Trovatore, in a concert format. The four act classic is shortened to 90-minutes, but still brings all the drama of the original. "You would think ...

Verdi's Il Trovatore returns to the Met on October 26 with a slate of Met role debuts. Sopranos Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Angela Meade share the role of Leonora, with Willis-Sørensen making her Met ...

When it comes to the plot of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore - which revolves around a love triangle, murder, and revenge - audiences are advised to suspend their disbelief and enjoy the music. A ...

NEW YORK — “The dreadful memory torments me,” the vengeance-crazed Azucena moans in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.” “It makes my blood run cold.” But be honest, opera lovers. How many times has an Azucena ...

The audience made an audible gasp as Jamie Barton, singing the role of the Gypsy Azucena in Verdi's "Il Trovatore," spat in the face of Count di Luna. That moment, followed by the Gypsy's shriek as ...

Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) was the third opera presented at the Metropolitan Opera House on October 26 in 1883, the year the New York City opera house was founded. Il Trovatore had ...

Spectacular spectaculars have their pride of place in the opera world, but with its staging of Verdi's "Il Trovatore," the Bregenz Festival raises the stakes by providing vocal as well as actual ...

Verdi’s thrilling depiction of life on the edge features Maria Agresta as the noble heroine, Leonora, Yonghoon Lee as the troubadour who loves her, Quinn Kelsey as his rival, and Anita Rachvelishvili ...

When Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” premiered in 1853, it was the second of a trio of masterpieces including “Rigoletto” and “La Traviata” that emerged in the composer’s “middle” career period and ...

If only some of the musicianship Quinn Kelsey and Anita Rachvelishvili—the best parts of the Met's new Il Trovatore—would rub off on conductor Marco Armiliato. Mezzo Anita Rachvelishvili illuminates ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Opening nights at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House are always festive affairs, filled with anticipation, and Opera Colorado’s opening of Guiseppe Verdi’s “Il ...

Houston Grand Opera's "Il Trovatore" lives by the sword. It may die by it, too, depending on how much patience you have for a theatrical device run into the ground. The lights go up on a field of ...